Top 10: Moustache-Dense Countries

It's that time again: Movember, or the month formerly known as November, is when men grow their moustaches for 30 days to raise awareness and funds to help find a cure for prostate and testicular cancer. Sign your moustache-growing team up now or join the AskMen team -- 'cause we're about men.

For centuries, the moustache has played a vital societal role. Moustache functions include a display of virility and a method of attracting a mate (best used in conjunction with a chest wig), a means of communication between men, a storage device for food particles, and a way of proclaiming proudly to the world that the shackles of youth have been shed.

Recently, this iconic element of masculinity has been marginalized, as moustache-heroes like Tom Selleck and Burt Reynolds have been replaced in women’s affections by hairless youths, such as Zac Efron. Today, however, we felt it was time to celebrate the parts of the world where moustaches continue to adorn men’s faces with pride and appropriate bushiness. These are countries where the sight of a hairless top lip on a man says, “I am but a child,” countries for whom the fashions of the 1970s may yet dominate. These are the top 10 moustache-dense countries. Don’t ask us how we got the figures -- just know that it took blood, sweat and tears, as we boldly traveled to the most hirsute corners of the globe. We used the occasional Groucho Marx disguise too.